📍 11401 Ridge Heights Rd, Reston, Fairfax County, 20191
Hughes Middle is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Reston, Fairfax County. The school has 993 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Fairfax County Public Schools school district. It serves grades 7–8 in an urban setting. The school employs 65.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.1:1. 75% of students are proficient in reading. 56% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Hughes Middle enrolls 993 students across grades 7–8. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 65.8 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.1:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 40% White, 31% Hispanic or Latino and 16% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 399 | 40% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 304 | 31% |
| Black or African American | 154 | 16% |
| Asian | 71 | 7.2% |
| Two or more races | 64 | 6.4% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
404 of the school's 993 students (41%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 351 qualify for free lunch and 53 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Hughes Middle is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Small). Virtual instruction: Supplemental Virtual. The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district VA At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 32, state house district 36.
Hughes Middle is one of 223 schools in Fairfax County Public Schools, based in Falls Church, Virginia. The district serves 179,323 students district-wide and employs 12,675 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 993 students, Hughes Middle is larger than the district average of about 804 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Small